“There’s a load of rubbish being written about me changing twitter bio saying I have deleted Manchester United from it.I have never deleted Manchester United from the bio whatever the papers are saying because it was never on there.All that happened was that I was asked by Nike to add @nikeuk to it – the same as many other sportspeople they sponsor. Funny, no-one’s written about that though!That change was made THREE weeks ago and yet people are talking about it as if its something that was put up yesterday..”

Statement from Nike

A spokesperson for Nike confirmed: “In April, we asked Wayne Rooney and other Nike sponsored athletes to add @nikeuk on to their profiles due to changes in ASA guidelines relating to athletes and social media.”